-Caveat Lector- > -----Original Message----- > From: Hayduke Rocks! [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 6:54 PM > To: Recipient.List.Suppressed; @phillynews.com > Subject: Today! Worst Ever Nuclear Accident Within Japan! > > Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist > > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:06:03 -0400 > From: Michael Mariotte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: NIRS > > > There has been a significant nuclear accident at the fuel fabrication > plant in Tokai, Japan. > > The accident apparently involved an inadvertent criticality at the > plant, which makes fuel for atomic reactors. It's believed that this > fuel was being fabricated for Japan's MOX program, although no plutonium > is believed involved. The accident began about 10:30 am, local time, > September 30, 1999. > > Radiation levels reportedly reached 10,000 times background, and are now > said to be about 3600 times background in the area. Some 160 residents > have been evacuated, and residents within a 10 kilometer (six mile) > radius of the plant have been told to stay indoors. Schoolchildren in > the area reportedly were not allowed to go home, but had to stay inside > at school. During the afternoon, it began to rain. > > Three plant workers were sent by helicopter to a special facility > operated by Japan's National Institute of Radiological Sciences. Two > were reportedly in critical condition. > > We do not yet know if the criticality has been contained or stopped. > > We are posting all information we receive, as we receive it, on our > website, http://www.nirs.org > > Michael Mariotte > Nuclear Information and Resource Service > > ITEM #2 > > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:40:14 +0900 > From: "Citizen's Nuclear Information Center" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Criticality Accident at Tokai, Ibaraki > > > A serious nuclear accident has happened at Tokai, Ibaraki. We thought it > necessary to inform you of this accident. Mr. Takagi has been asked to be > interviewed by a number of radio and T.V. stations and he might be on T.V. > news in America. We will inform you of the station and the schedule if > that > is the case. Please feel free to inquire us of any further questions. > > Following is the e-mail news sent by CNIC. > > > Worst Ever Accident Within Japan at Tokai, Ibaraki > Information Part 1 > 30 September 1999 > > > There was a nuclear accident at a test facility in the JCO Ltd.'s uranium > processing plant located in Tokai, Ibaraki. It happened at 10:35 am > Japanese > Standard Time (+900) on 30 September, 1999. > > > Initially, an atmospheric radiation count of 0.84 mSv/hour (10,000 times > of the > annual dose limit) was monitored, but the local government has announced > that > the radiation count is back to normal. The Science and Technology Agency > (STA) has announced that it was a criticality accident. > > > Three workers were exposed because of the accident, and the exposed > workers > taken to a local hospital were later transferred by a helicopter to the > National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Chiba City, east of Tokyo, > in > order to treat the acute radiation injuries. They seem to have inhaled > high > concentration uranium gas. Two of the three exposed workers are reported > to > be in a critical condition. > > > The facility in which the accident occurred is a commercial plant where > enriched UF6 gas is converted into UO2 powder for further processing. The > pellet fabrication is done in another plant nearby. > > Police has declared the area of 200m radius of the site to be an off-limit > zone. The local government (Tokai-mura administration) issued an > evacuation > request to the residents of the surrounding 350m radius of the site. All > the villagers residing outside the 350m radius were asked to stay > indoors. > School children are ordered not to go home, but remain indoors at each > school. Naka-machi, a town next to Tokai mura, also advised the residents > to remain indoors. > > The cause and details of the accident has not yet been disclosed. CNIC > will > release a statement as soon as enough materials are collected, however, we > will keep people post on any further details gathered. > > Tokai accident information, part 2 > > According to T.V. news around 6 p.m., the head of Tokai village stressed > three points at a press conference. > > 1) The atmospheric radiation count has not decreased around the site. > 2) There is a possibility that nuclear fission is still occurring at the > moment. > 3) The plant's structure is intact. > > end- > > Tokai accident information part 3 > > The radiation count is still high and not even JCO workers can enter the > site. No one is aware of the situation inside the plant and nothing is > being done. Thus it is very likely that the criticality condition is > still > in progress. > > Latest news as of 9 p.m. > > 1) Ibaraki prefecture has advised the residents of 10km radius of the > plant > to stay indoors. > 2) Government has set up a committee head by Obuchi prime minister to > respond to the situation. The cabinet organization will be put off for > the > moment to fully cope with this situation. > 3) Atmospheric radiation count was 0.7milisievert per hour (mSv/h) at 3 > p.m. > Normal count is 1milisievert per year (mSv/y). > 4) Two of the three workers hospitalized are suspected to have been > seriously exposed due to a sudden increase of white blood corpuscle > experienced by both of them. > 5) 160 people have evacuated to a community center. The evacuees will > have > to spend the night at the center. > > end- > _________________________________________</x-rich> > > Citizens' Nuclear Information Center > 1-58-15-3F, Higashi-nakano, Nakano-ku,Tokyo, Japan > Phone: +81-3-5330-9520 Fax: +81-3-5330-9530 > _/_/_/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _/_/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _/ http://www.jca.ax.apc.org/cnic/ > > ITEM #3 > > Subject: explosion blows hole in roof at Japan plant > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:41:21 -0400 > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_461000/461446.s > tm > > ITEM #4 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Citizens' Nuclear Information Center" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Criticality Accident at Tokai, Ibaraki > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:49:27 -0400 > > > I am suspecting confusion and an error on part of the BBC news in London. > > Their earlier report shows a hole in the roof and describes this current > accident. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_461000/461446.s > tm > > But, the most recent BBC report makes no mention of an explosion or a > hole. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_462000/462090.s > tm > > > No one else has reported an explosion including news crews in Japan. > > If there is one thing we learned at Three Mile Island it is that confusion > reigns. > > Scott Portzline > Three Mile Island Alert > > someone will be discussing this accident on Sightings radio this evening. > www.sightings.com > > #################################### > > Andy Caffrey, founder > Hayduke Rocks! an Earth First! 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